The couple's car skidded to a stop about seven miles north of where the pursuit began after three of the tires deflated after hitting the spikes.
A patrolmen bellowed commands from a loudspeaker in his patrol car, telling the couple to exit and walk backward. Both directions of I-15 were closed as officers prepared to encounter hardened criminals.
Instead, a Japanese woman in her early 40s emerged.
"She would walk forward, backward, spin around -- obviously she had no clue what we wanted her to do," Horne said.